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| 13.9.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 264/96 |
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13.9.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 264/96

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Thursday 24 May 2012Continued and increased support for vaccinations in developing nations

P7_TA(2012)0230

Declaration of the European Parliament of 24 May 2012 on continued and increased support for vaccinations in developing nations

2013/C 264 E/17

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

| — | having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure,

| A. | whereas vaccine-preventable diseases, including hepatitis, measles, pneumococcal disease, rotavirus diarrhoea, polio and yellow fever, constitute a major cause of childhood deaths in the developing world; |
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whereas vaccine-preventable diseases, including hepatitis, measles, pneumococcal disease, rotavirus diarrhoea, polio and yellow fever, constitute a major cause of childhood deaths in the developing world;

| B. | whereas disease prevalence is a barrier to achieving sustainable socio-economic development; |
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whereas disease prevalence is a barrier to achieving sustainable socio-economic development;

| C. | whereas vaccine-preventable diseases are known to affect women and men differently; |
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whereas vaccine-preventable diseases are known to affect women and men differently;

| D. | whereas women make up half the global population, and whereas development and health cannot be achieved if their voices are ignored; |
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whereas women make up half the global population, and whereas development and health cannot be achieved if their voices are ignored;

| E. | whereas basic health care – hospitals, doctors, nurses, medical equipment and so on – is vitally important and should not be neglected; |
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whereas basic health care – hospitals, doctors, nurses, medical equipment and so on – is vitally important and should not be neglected;

| F. | whereas the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) has been recognised as a highly efficient means by which to achieve development and humanitarian objectives; |
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whereas the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) has been recognised as a highly efficient means by which to achieve development and humanitarian objectives;

| G. | whereas, in the past decade, GAVI has made great progress in saving lives and expanding immunisation coverage in the world’s poorest countries, and whereas, as a result, 288 million more children have been immunised and more than five million future deaths prevented; |
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whereas, in the past decade, GAVI has made great progress in saving lives and expanding immunisation coverage in the world’s poorest countries, and whereas, as a result, 288 million more children have been immunised and more than five million future deaths prevented;

| H. | whereas, despite these advances, 1,7 million children die from vaccine-preventable diseases every year; |
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whereas, despite these advances, 1,7 million children die from vaccine-preventable diseases every year;

| 1. | Congratulates the Commission on the support it has given to the GAVI via the Development Cooperation Instrument and the European Development Fund between 2003 and 2012; |
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Congratulates the Commission on the support it has given to the GAVI via the Development Cooperation Instrument and the European Development Fund between 2003 and 2012;

| 2. | Urges the Commission to make a continued commitment to reducing the number of vaccine-preventable deaths in its future external actions; |
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Urges the Commission to make a continued commitment to reducing the number of vaccine-preventable deaths in its future external actions;

| 3. | Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories (1), to the parliaments of the Member States. |
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Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories (1), to the parliaments of the Member States.

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(1)  The list of signatories is published in Annex 1 to the Minutes of 24 May 2012 (P7_PV(2012)05-24(ANN1)).

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